Chess-teacher, 2022.
Top 25 Middlegame Concepts is a theoretical and practical course for those who want to take their chess to the next level. In recent months, GM Smirnov has been working on creating a course that serves as a guide for average players so that they can enrich themselves with the most essential concepts that occur in the middlegame.
Introduction: The Most Important Guidelines in Chess
A Simple System that Explains Everything
Lesson 1 – The Most Important Principle
Lesson 2 – The Simplest Way to Find the Right Move
Lesson 3 – How Do You Know When It’s Time to Attack?
Lesson 4 – The Most Common Mistake of Amateur Players
Lesson 5 – An Unknown Principle that Makes You a Great Attacker
Lesson 6 – How to Start Your Attack?
Lesson 7 – How to Avoid Blunders?
Lesson 8 – The Evergreen Rule
Lesson 9 – How to Counter an Opponent’s Attack?
Chapter 1: SummaryLesson 10 – The Easiest Target to Attack
Lesson 11 – This is the Real Way to Win Fast
Lesson 12 – Champion’s Lesson: Karpov’s Winning Plan
Lesson 13 – It’s Supposed to Be a Well-known Rule
Lesson 14 – Dealing with Your Opponent’s Passed Pawns
Lesson 15 – A Flawless Method to Start Your Attack
Lesson 16 – Are Knights Truly Better in Closed Positions?
Lesson 17 – Champion’s Lesson: Petrosian’s Favorite Plan
Lesson 18 – How Classical Books/Tutorials Deceived you
Lesson 19 – Answering Popular Questions from Students
Lesson 20 – What Can Make Your Attack an Easy Success?
Lesson 21 – Everyone Forgets About This
Lesson 22 – Champion’s Lesson: Carlsen’s Way to Win
Lesson 23 – Everyone Knows the 1st Half of This Rule
Lesson 24 – How Exchanges Can Favor or Harm Your Attack
Lesson 25 – Champion’s Lesson: Capablanca’s Way to Defend